This book provides a critical analysis of the European Union's approach to 'governance', focusing on the way in which civil society is incorporated within the EU decision-making process. It draws on Foucault to demonstrate how the current approach is not conducive to the democratisation of EU governance.

Acar Kutay is an Affiliated Researcher Fellow at the Christian Michelsen Institute in Bergen, Norway.

Introduction 1. Theoretical perspective: Governmentality and discursive formation of European civil society 2. Civil society participation in governance: A Global project? 3. European governance and civil society 4. A Case Study on the Social Platform of European NGOs: A performing agent of European civil society 5. Conducting a European civil society agency: embedding neoliberal governance through managerial subjects